| PFL Europe 1 | ||||
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 The poster for PFL Europe 1 | ||||
| Information | ||||
| Promotion | Professional Fighters League | |||
| Date | March 7, 2024 | |||
| Venue | Accor Arena | |||
| City | Paris, France | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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PFL Europe 1 was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Professional Fighters League that took place on March 7, 2024, at the Accor Arena in Paris, France. [1] [2] [3]
The event marked the promotion's second visit to Paris and first since PFL Europe 3 (2023) in September 2023. [4]
A welterweight bout between former two-time Glory Welterweight Champion Cédric Doumbé and Baissangour Chamsoudinov headlined the event. [1]
| Main card (DAZN) | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Welterweight | Baissangour Chamsoudinov | def. | Cédric Doumbé | TKO (toe injury) | 3 | 1:21 | |
| Welterweight | Abdoul Abdouraguimov | def. | Jack Grant | Decision (split) (30–27, 28–29, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Welterweight | Ibrahim Mané | def. | Chequina Noso Pedro | Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | [lower-alpha 1] |
| Lightweight | Ignacio Capella | def. | Yazid Chouchane | KO (punch) | 2 | 2:31 | [lower-alpha 2] |
| Lightweight | Jakub Kaszuba | def. | Kane Mousah | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | [lower-alpha 3] |
| Preliminary card (DAZN) | |||||||
| Welterweight | Daniele Miceli | def. | Yassin Najid | Technical Submission (Von Flue choke) | 1 | 0:27 | [lower-alpha 4] |
| Heavyweight | Islem Masraf | def. | Mickaël Groguhe | KO (head kick and punches) | 1 | 0:10 | |
| Lightweight | Patrick Habirora | def. | Claudio Pacella | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Lightweight | Connor Hughes | def. | Anatolij Baal | KO (punches) | 1 | 1:31 | [lower-alpha 5] |
| Lightweight | Daniele Scatizzi | def. | Aleksandr Chizov | Submission (heel hook) | 1 | 1:59 | [lower-alpha 6] |
| Welterweight | Florim Zendeli | def. | Tomasz Łangowski | Technical Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 4:11 | [lower-alpha 7] |
| Middleweight | Kevin Del | def. | Younes Najid | Submission (kneebar) | 1 | 1:10 | |
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
 Tomasz Łangowski | 1r. | |||||||||
 Florim Zendeli | SUB | |||||||||
| Florim Zendeli | ||||||||||
 Daniele Miceli | ||||||||||
 Yassin Najid | 1r. | |||||||||
| Daniele Miceli | SUB | |||||||||
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 Marian Dimitrov | ||||||||||
 Erhan Kartal | ||||||||||
 Ibrahim Mané | ||||||||||
| Ibrahim Mané | SD | |||||||||
 Chequina Noso Pedro | 3r. | |||||||||
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| Jakub Kaszuba | UD | |||||||||
 Kane Mousah | 3r. | |||||||||
| Jakub Kaszuba | ||||||||||
| Daniele Scatizzi | ||||||||||
 Aleksandr Chizov | 1r. | |||||||||
| Daniele Scatizzi | SUB | |||||||||
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| Yazid Chouchane | 2r. | |||||||||
 Ignacio Capella | KO | |||||||||
| Ignacio Capella | ||||||||||
| Connor Hughes | ||||||||||
 Anatolij Baal | 1r. | |||||||||
| Connor Hughes | KO | |||||||||
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